Whats The Best Way To Seal An Excal II Coil Cover?

[NCGREG]

What's The Best Way To Seal An Excal II Coil Cover?

I have to admit, I have not been using the coil cover that came with my Excal. I just don't like the darned thing. But I was in some stuff yesterday that was really difficult to hunt in, and the whole beach was loaded up with large, sharp, broken shell fragments. Thickly strewn around, covering the top of the sand surface, and all down inside the top layer, and in the water too.

I guess I really need to use this coil cover, and if I have too..I would rather seal it up around the edges with some kind of sealant that can be removed in the future if I have a warranty problem, and have to send it in to ML. I started to put it on before I left the house yesterday morning, but it doesn't fit snug to the coil itself, and I didn't want to fool with it falling off, and getting full of sand and minerals out on the surf while I was hunting.

Is there some kind of RTV Sealant that can be bought locally, that will seal around the edges of the cover "to the coil" and keep it water tight, and also keep the sand particles from getting inside? Or would this be more trouble than it's worth? .. I have seen some that had been sealed with regular clear RTV silicone, but I don't know if it actually worked well or not.

Opinions please.

 

[RustyGold]

Pat is right about not wanting to smooth it out. Just do a bead so later you can just pull it off!
Any clear 100 per cent silicone will do!
I personally don't use anything and the cover on mine is snug so I usually just pull it off, clean and dry
and reinstall!

 

[detectahead]

Pat is right about not wanting to smooth it out. Just do a bead so later you can just pull it off!
Any clear 100 per cent silicone will do!
I personally don't use anything and the cover on mine is snug so I usually just pull it off, clean and dry
and reinstall!

I don't own a mine lab but other heaters that I have the cover fits snugly on. I just use thick zip ties to act as a bumper cushion. They also take a lot of the abrasion and prolongs the life of your cover. They are also easily replaceable. I hunt rivers where the bottom is quite rocky and does a real # on covers. I average 3 to 4 covers a year from where and tear. One of the most beneficial things u can do for your heater is put a cover on your coil! I do like the marine epoxy idea w/bead. Have to try that


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[NCGREG]

That 80ml tube will do 2 or 3 machines for you(maybe more). I didn't have any need for it, after I did my first one(the second time), it dried all up in the tube, by time I needed it again. I got an unopened tube sitting here, just waiting for time, to do 2 machines and any other "silicone" projects I can find, just to use it up.

Don't forget to seal those two inside parts, not just the round outside of the cover. It can get messy if not steady handed or you don't work with the stuff everyday. I keep toothpicks and kabob sticks, to help me manipulate it, if I have the slipsies. Lotsa wet paper towels too.
Not an inside project for me.

Done deal Pat...Thanks for the info, and for the good advice. I'll pick up a tube this weekend at the local marine hardware dealer. I just really don't think I want to coat the whole bottom of my coil with either "Spray On Truck Bed Liner, 3M 5200 or Loctite Epoxy". I saw a video on YouTube of a guy with a coil that had been epoxied, and the stuff had chipped off in a couple of spots around the outside edges. In a weird kind of way, it reminded me of the transom on an old fiberglass boat that I rebuilt back in the 90's. I was constantly having to patch it up. There's just too much violence in a coil's life for it not to be protected, but I would rather be able to peel the "bead" off and remove the cover if I needed to.

I don't hunt 7 days a week, but when I do hunt, it is anytime and anywhere...And I do prefer to do routine maintenance to my machines... and being able to see the factory material on the bottom of the coil itself. Big Scoop is dead on.....If I were to epoxy the bottom of it, I would never "see" the bottom of the coil again...Be it good or bad.

Thanks for all of the help

Greg

 

[NCGREG]

Thank you all for your thoughts, and advice

Greg

 

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[TheSleeper]

Guys, first off I have been at this since the 70`s so I`m not trying to jerk ya around. Been using the excals since the horseshoe, never used a coil cover, never wore a coil out before buying another unit due to age either. I seriously do not think you should seal your cover to the coil if that is your desire, reason being learned this years ago, if by chance you have a small gap and water or a touch of black sand or any other grain of material gets in there it will cause you to false, not all the time but every now and then. You end up chasing ghost.
If you are dedicated to using the cover always clean it out atleast once an hour during hunting, water, sand and other debri can get between the cover and coil and will drive u crazy.
I have never wore a coil out and never broke one on rocks, always careful round them and never use a cover.